Meet the Man Who Could Flip Texas — with Rep. James Talarico (Live from SXSW)
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What motivated James Talarico to run for Senate?
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How did Talarico's campaign achieve record Democratic turnout in Texas?
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Hey, everyone. It's Jessi. So this past weekend was South by Southwest in Austin. Scott and I were there schmoozing with the celebs. Well, mostly Scott. He's very, very popular, and I'm only, like, mid-level popular. But we were promoting the show all over the place. Good news.
What strategies will Talarico use to govern if elected?
People love us. Even better news, there's still room to grow, so that's good. And on Saturday, we had this great conversation with James Tallarico. As you probably know, Tallarico is the Texas state representative who just beat Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. He's a Christian seminarian, a former middle school teacher, and a really exciting new young voice in the Democratic Party, who we had on the podcast last summer in July, same day that his pod with Rogan dropped, by the way. Scott and I chatted with him on his home turf, and we talked about what he should do to defend himself against the attacks from right-wing media that are going to come his way, talked about the primary, and also what would be his governance style if we were talking to Senator Tallarico.
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Thank y'all so much.
Yeah.
How does Talarico plan to defend against right-wing attacks?
Excited to be here.
We're so thrilled. I have never sent more text messages in my life to one person than trying to get you to come do South by Southwest with us. So thank you for finally saying yes.
Well, I'm honored. Thank y'all.
Yeah. So you just won a huge primary. And as we were traveling.
Thank you. Thank you.
And I want to talk about the intricacies of the primary, but first, yesterday, Scott and I were traveling down here and we're talking about the show and, you know, how do we want to start? What's the first question be? And then Kara Swisher, host pivot, obviously, with Scott, texts us and is like, did you see this? Did you see this?
What are the pressing issues facing young men in Texas?
And Donald Trump was talking about you on Fox News Radio with Brian Kilmeade. Let's play the audio.
Is it going to be Cornyn or is it going to be Paxson? What do you think? Let me tell you the good news. The good news is their candidate is whacked out with his six different forms of gender and all the things that I saw. The insult to Jesus. I mean, such an insult. He's binary. And you know, it's very interesting.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What motivated James Talarico to run for Senate?
0:00–1:06
2
How did Talarico's campaign achieve record Democratic turnout in Texas?
1:06–1:49
3
What strategies will Talarico use to govern if elected?
1:49–3:07
4
How does Talarico plan to defend against right-wing attacks?
3:07–3:50
5
What are the pressing issues facing young men in Texas?
3:50–4:30
6
What solutions does Talarico propose for young adults in Texas?
4:30–5:57
7
How does Talarico view the role of big tech in society?
5:57–7:05
8
What is Talarico's vision for a more inclusive Texas?
7:05–48:48
Speakers
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